Douglas County — compared with most of Kansas — is still a growth machine. But its fastest turning wheel last year was not Lawrence.
In fact, in 2023, Lawrence had the slowest growth rate of any city or town in Douglas County, according to new population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Baldwin City, Eudora and Lecompton all posted growth rates that were higher than Lawrence’s for the ...
In the category of carrots, people who have racked up a lot of parking tickets in downtown Lawrence soon may get a chance to wipe those tickets off their record for a reduced fee.
In the category of sticks, future and frequent parking offenders in downtown may have a parking boot slapped on their wheels, making their vehicles immobile until they pay their fines.
Lawrence city commissioners at their Tuesday ...
Many students at the University of Kansas likely will see a 5% increase for tuition and fees next school year, as the Kansas Board of Regents received additional details about cost proposals Wednesday.
As reported earlier, KU presented a request for a 3.5% increase in tuition rates for the 2024-2025 school year, which placed KU in the middle of the pack in terms of what other state universities were seeking. ...
Employees at the University of Kansas — from professors to custodians — are underpaid by more than $27 million a year, according to a recently completed report by KU leaders.
A KU leader announced the number Wednesday morning to a fiscal committee of the Kansas Board of Regents. Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWitt said the wage gap will mean that KU needs to continue to provide cost-of-living increases to ...
Story updated at 11:55 a.m. May 14, 2024
A fellow government entity and more than 20 businesses and individuals have filed a lawsuit against Douglas County challenging its approval of a massive solar energy project.
Grant Township — the rough equivalent of a city council for the rural area north of North Lawrence — is a plaintiff in a lawsuit that contends Douglas County commissioners violated the ...
In late 2020, Douglas County commissioners were told by their engineer it would be “tough” for big development projects to meet new, special stormwater regulations created for the rural area north of North Lawrence.
Now, less than four years later, that very area is the proposed site for the Kansas Sky Energy Center project, which with nearly 8 million square feet of solar panels on 600 acres is the ...
